Aurelion Sol vs Vladimir

Aurelion Sol

47.5%

over 817 games

Vladimir

Analyze a draft with Aurelion Sol

Skill matchup

High sustainHeavy AP damageHigh burstSustained DPS

You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Vladimir

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

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Core build

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2—

3—

Standard

4Magic pen

5—

Summoner spells

86%

Anti CC

4vs CC

Other options

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57.5% WR146 games

Sorcery

Deathfire Touch

Manaflow Band

Absolute Focus

Scorch

Resolve

Overgrowth

Bone Plating

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Vladimir's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Crimson Pact (P)

Every 30 points of bonus Health gives Vladimir 1 Ability Power and every 1 point of Ability Power gives Vladimir 1.6 bonus Health (does not stack with itself).

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

Level	Q	W	E	R
3	9s	28s	13s	–
6	6.8s	28s	13s	2m
9	4.6s	25s	13s	2m
11	4.6s	22s	13s	2m
16	4.6s	16s	9s	2m
18	4.6s	16s	5s	2m

Playing as Aurelion Sol

Tips to maximize your impact

Keep your breath on one champion
Keep Breath of Light (Q) on the same champion: each second triggers a burst of bonus damage and gives you Stardust.
Farm your Stardust
Farm with Singularity (E): every enemy that dies inside, minions included, gives you Stardust, which permanently strengthens all your abilities.
Fly to escape or chase
Cast Astral Flight (W) to escape a gank or to chase: during the flight, Breath of Light (Q) has no cooldown and no channel limit.
Hit several champions with your R
Cast Falling Star (R) on several enemies: it stuns them, and each champion hit gives you Stardust to upgrade your next cast into The Skies Descend (R).

Playing against Vladimir

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

Force his Sanguine Pool early
Force him to use Sanguine Pool (W) early in the fight, when it costs him the most health: he can't become untargetable again for 28 to 16 seconds.
Back off from his empowered Transfusion
Back off after his first two Transfusion (Q) casts: the next one is empowered, hits harder and heals him based on his missing health.
Play hard before his items
Get ahead early: Vladimir mostly shines later, once he has his items, since Crimson Pact (passive) turns his ability power into health and his bonus health into ability power.
Kill him before his Hemoplague pops
During Hemoplague (R), focus him if you can kill him before the blast, otherwise back off: you take increased damage until then, and the blast heals him per champion hit.
Cut his healing
If you have Grievous Wounds, apply it to him: Transfusion (Q), Sanguine Pool (W) and Hemoplague (R) all heal him.

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Patch 16.21.1